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Red-bellied Woodpecker

Melanerpes carolinus

Photo by joanbstanley
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Field Notes

Description:

10" (25 cm). Barred black and white above; pale buff below and on face; sexes similar except that male has red crown and nape, female red nape only. Reddish patch on lower abdomen is seldom visible in the field.

Habitat:

Nest hole in dead trunk of Black Willow growing along Belton Lake shoreline.

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Red-bellied woodpecker

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Central Texas Biodiversity Survey
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PublishedJuly 20, 2014

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